Editor and Production Coordinator.

honorthegods:

Butt Heads

Carved sardonyx cameo depicting a scene with maenad restraining Pan from butting heads with a goat, which is being held by a satyr. Attributed to Sostratos or the workshop thereof, circa 25 – 1 BCE. The studio of Sostratos was known for creating carved gems with Dionysian imagery. This particular cameo (2.3 × 1.6 × 0.4 cm/7/8 × 5/8 × 3/16 in) was set in a gold ring. Image source: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103VPQ#full-artwork-details Image license: Image license: No copyright – United States https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/103VPQ#full-artwork-details

Posted

in